Moral signals, public outrage, and immaterial harms

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1249-1254

  Tannenbaum, David ^a   Uhlmann, Eric Luis ^b   Diermeier, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informational value; Moral character; Moral judgment; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051899032     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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